plural

/plʊˈɾaw/

//plʊˈɾaw// adj

The verdict

“plural” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,127
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - composto por vários elementos

Corpus desk

Index PT-plural · plural · Portuguese

plural · rank #11,127 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,127
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pisar

Nearest frequency peer: pisar (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “plural”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “plural” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

plural vs pluvial
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for plural
PropertyValue
Headwordplural
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/plʊˈɾaw/
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,127
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “plural”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pluralcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pisar” (#11,125), “parágrafo” (#11,119), “pureza” (#11,135). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “plural” fica em #11,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around plural (IPA /plʊˈɾaw/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,127 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for plural, with forms such as "lpural", "pllural", and "plrual". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pluvial", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is plural, spelled P-L-U-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    composto por vários elementos
  2. 2
    referente ao número gramatical que indica mais de um indivíduo ou objeto
  3. 3
    referente ao número gramatical que indica mais de dois indivíduos ou objetos (em idiomas que possuem o número gramatical dual)

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpural
  • pllural
  • plrual
  • pluarl
  • plurall
  • plurla
  • plurral
  • pplural
  • pulral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plural - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lpural2pllural1plrual2pluarl2plurall1plurla2plurral1pplural1
Edit distance from "plural"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plural"?
"plural" is spelled P-L-U-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /plʊˈɾaw/.
What does "plural" mean?
As an adjective, "plural" means: composto por vários elementos
What words are commonly confused with "plural"?
"plural" is commonly confused with "pluvial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plural"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plural" is /plʊˈɾaw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plural" come from?
"plural" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plural", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list